MINUTES OF THE
CITY OF SAN RAMON
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
October 14, 2025
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Mark Armstrong Mayor Present
Sridhar Verose Vice Mayor Present
Richard Adler Councilmember Present
Robert Jweinat Councilmember Present
Marisol Rubio Councilmember Present
Also in attendance: City Manager Steven Spedowfski, City Attorney Martin Lysons, Deputy City Clerk Joan Snashall, and Supervising Building Inspector Josh DeMello.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comments were received from Carol Lopez Lucey, Yohannes Tilahun, Brian Swanson, Danielle Cook, Olu Oduole, Chirag Kathrani, Harf Kathrani, Richard Curry, Susie Ferris-Inderkum, Ada Esquivias, Andy Gandhi, Santhosh Kanjula, Donna Browne, Greg Carr, and Lokesh Shamanna.
Written public comments were received from Karen McNamara, Gary Sellani, Nilang Desai, Daniel Wall, Angela Underwood, Brian Swanson, Ed Sarubbi, Chirag Kathrani, and Alexandra Armendariz Del Favero.
The City Council went to recess at 7:46 pm and reconvened at reconvened at 7:49 pm.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
Vice Mayor Verose's motion to approve consent calendar items 5.1-5.3, was seconded by Cm. Rubio. Prior to the vote, the Deputy City Clerk read item 5.3, Ordinance 534 Amending Title D (Zoning) of the San Ramon Municipal Code. The motion passed 5-0- 0-0.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sridhar Verose, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Marisol Rubio, Councilmember
AYES: Armstrong, Verose, Adler, Jweinat, Rubio
5.1 City Council - Regular Meeting - Sep 23, 2025 7:00 PM Recommendation: Approve Minutes
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5.2 Resolution No. 2025-107 - Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement with Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. (C2021-007) for OnCall Environmental Consulting Services, Increasing the Contract by $20,000 for a Revised Total Cumulative Amount Not to Exceed $120,000 through December 31, 2025
Recommendation: Approve Resolution No. 2025-107
5.3 Ordinance 534 - Amending Title D (Zoning) of the San Ramon Municipal Code Recommendation: Waive the Second Reading, Read by Title Only, and Adopt Ordinance 534
6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
6.1 Proclamation Declaring October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Presented to Ruchi Bansal, Rewire Volunteer Management Team Lead and Shubhi Bhatia, Narika Community Engagement Manager and Shailaja Dixit, Narika Executive Director.
6.2 2025 Community Planning Academy Recognition
Eman Raim Arellano, Betty Avila, Manoj Bhardwaj, Carla Collins, Kellie Fahey, Bansidher Giri, Meera Jacobs, Santhosh Kanjula, Manoj Kulandaivel, Tarun Kumar, Jamie Lancaon, Hui Li, Gina Martini, Mae Mlyniec, Joan Murukami, Paschalis Ntatsos, Lall Tejwani, Josephine Zepp, and Max Zhang.
7. DEFERRED CONSENT ITEMS
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
9. NEW BUSINESS
9.1 Public Hearing: Ordinance (Next in Line) Repealing and Replacing Chapter I (California Building Code), Chapter II (California Mechanical Code), Chapter III (California Plumbing Code), Chapter IV (California Electrical Code), Chapter V (California Residential Code), Chapter VIII (California Green Building Standards Code) and Chapter IX (California Fire Code) of Title C, Division C1, of the San Ramon Municipal Code; and Adding Chapter X (California Existing Building Code) to Title C, Division C1, of the San Ramon Municipal Code.
Recommendation: Introduce the Ordinance (Next in Line), Waive the Reading and Read by Title Only, Open the Public Hearing, Receive Public Testimony; Close the Public Hearing and Set the October 28, 2025 Meeting for Ordinance Adoption.
Staff Report by Josh DeMello, Supervising Building Inspector.
Vice Mayor Verose's motion to open the public hearing was seconded by Cm. Rubio. The motion passed 5-0-0-0.
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Public comments were received from Alexandra Armendariz Del Favero and Chirag Kathrani.
Vice Mayor Verose's motion to close the public hearing, was seconded by Cm. Adler.
The motion passed 5-0-0-0.
Cm. Rubio's motion to continue the item and set the Ordinance (next in line) for adoption at the City Council meeting scheduled for October 28, 2025, was seconded by Cm. Adler.
The motion passed 5-0-0-0.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Marisol Rubio, Councilmember
SECONDER: Richard Adler, Councilmember
AYES: Armstrong, Verose, Adler, Jweinat, Rubio
10. CITY MANAGER'S AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' COMMENTS /
MATTERS INITIATED
11. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:21 pm.